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openSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2016-340)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 89950

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues :

 - Update to version 2.10.7 :

 + Fix the build with GTK+ < 3.16.

 - Changes from version 2.10.6 :

 + Fix a deadlock in the Web Process when JavaScript garbage collector was running for a web worker thread that made google maps to hang.

 + Fix media controls displaying without controls attribute.

 + Fix a Web Process crash when quickly attempting many DnD operations.

 - Changes from version 2.10.5 :

 + Disable DNS prefetch when a proxy is configured.

 + Reduce the maximum simultaneous network connections to match other browsers.

 + Make WebKitWebView always propagate motion-notify-event signal.

 + Add a way to force accelerating compositing mode at runtime using an environment variable.

 + Fix input elements and scrollbars rendering with GTK+ 3.19.

 + Fix rendering of lines when using solid colors.

 + Fix UI process crashes related to not having a main resource response when the load is committed for pages restored from the history cache.

 + Fix a WebProcess crash when loading large contents with custom URI schemes API.

 + Fix a crash in the UI process when the WebView is destroyed while the screensaver DBus proxy is being created.

 + Fix WebProcess crashes due to BadDrawable X errors in accelerated compositing mode.

 + Fix crashes on PPC64 due to mprotect() on address not aligned to the page size.

 + Fix std::bad_function_call exception raised in dispatchDecidePolicyForNavigationAction.

 + Fix downloads of data URLs.

 + Fix runtime critical warnings when closing a page containing windowed plugins.

 + Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

 + Translation updates: French, German, Italian, Turkish.

 + Security fixes: CVE-2015-7096, CVE-2015-7098.

 - Update to version 2.10.4, notable changes :

 + New HTTP disk cache for the Network Process.

 + New Web Inspector UI.

 + Automatic ScreenServer inhibition when playing fullscreen videos.

 + Initial Editor API.

 + Performance improvements.

 - This update addresses the following security issues:
 CVE-2015-1122, CVE-2015-1152, CVE-2015-1155, CVE-2015-3660, CVE-2015-3730, CVE-2015-3738, CVE-2015-3740, CVE-2015-3742, CVE-2015-3744, CVE-2015-3746, CVE-2015-3750, CVE-2015-3751, CVE-2015-3754, CVE-2015-3755, CVE-2015-5804, CVE-2015-5805, CVE-2015-5807, CVE-2015-5810, CVE-2015-5813, CVE-2015-5814, CVE-2015-5815, CVE-2015-5817, CVE-2015-5818, CVE-2015-5825, CVE-2015-5827, CVE-2015-5828, CVE-2015-5929, CVE-2015-5930, CVE-2015-5931, CVE-2015-7002, CVE-2015-7013, CVE-2015-7014, CVE-2015-7048, CVE-2015-7095, CVE-2015-7097, CVE-2015-7099, CVE-2015-7100, CVE-2015-7102, CVE-2015-7103, CVE-2015-7104

 - Add BuildRequires: hyphen-devel to pick up hyphenation support. Note this is broken upstream.

 - Build with -DENABLE_DATABASE_PROCESS=OFF and

 -DENABLE_INDEXED_DATABASE=OFF to avoid an issue with GCC 4.8.

Solution

Update the affected webkit2gtk3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 89950

File Name: openSUSE-2016-340.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwebkit2gtk3-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-javascriptcore-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-webkit2-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-webkit2webextension-4_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit-jsc-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:webkit2gtk3-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1122, CVE-2015-1152, CVE-2015-1155, CVE-2015-3660, CVE-2015-3730, CVE-2015-3738, CVE-2015-3740, CVE-2015-3742, CVE-2015-3744, CVE-2015-3746, CVE-2015-3750, CVE-2015-3751, CVE-2015-3754, CVE-2015-3755, CVE-2015-5804, CVE-2015-5805, CVE-2015-5807, CVE-2015-5810, CVE-2015-5813, CVE-2015-5814, CVE-2015-5815, CVE-2015-5817, CVE-2015-5818, CVE-2015-5825, CVE-2015-5827, CVE-2015-5828, CVE-2015-5929, CVE-2015-5930, CVE-2015-5931, CVE-2015-7002, CVE-2015-7013, CVE-2015-7014, CVE-2015-7048, CVE-2015-7095, CVE-2015-7096, CVE-2015-7097, CVE-2015-7098, CVE-2015-7099, CVE-2015-7100, CVE-2015-7102, CVE-2015-7103, CVE-2015-7104